Waterplane Area - Simpson 5-Ordinate

Waterplane area from 5-station Simpson's integration - the first step for hydrostatic properties.

WaterplaneSimpsonArea

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Formula, assumptions, and limits

A = 2 \cdot \frac{h}{3} \cdot \sum (m_i y_i)

Symbol	Meaning	Unit
$y_i$	Half-breadth at station i	m
$h$	Station spacing	m

Source: Rawson & Tupper Vol 1

Waterplane area from 5-station Simpson's integration - the first step for hydrostatic properties.